Scream 2
Scream 2, released in 1997, the sequel to Scream, had the surviving characters moving on to college, while dealing with a sudden Fifteen Minutes of Fame thanks to both the media coverage of the killings and Stab, the Ripped from the Headlines slasher flick made about the event. Just as the original satirized slashers, the second film satirized the genre's obsession with sequels, and all their related tropes.
- Aborted Arc: Gale sets-up the idea that the killings behind the new Ghostface Killer is a copy cat to the original victims but it goes nowhere.
- This might have been an in-universe example of Creative Differences. Mickey wanted to create a Real Life sequel to the Woodsboro murders but Mrs. Loomis was only doing this to avenge her son's death.
- All Part of the Show: The death of Jada Pinkett's character is mistaken for this by the crowd in the theater, who thinks it's a publicity stunt.
- Analogy Backfire: After Mickey compares himself to the killer from the first film, Billy Loomis;
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Sidney: Yeah, well you're forgetting one thing about Billy Loomis? |
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- Avenging the Villain: Mrs. Loomis.
- Ax Crazy: Mickey and Mrs. Loomis.
- Big Bad Duumvirate - Mickey and Mrs. Loomis shared the role of Ghostface in this film.
- Big Damn Hero: Cotton.
- Black Dude Dies First: Done, and lampshaded.
- California University: Though Windsor College sounds like a fictional California college, the college in the film is in Ohio, both established in script and on the film.
- Chekhov's Gun: Derek's Greek letters.
- Cherry Tapping: Sidney shoots Mrs Loomis in the head after commenting that they always come back;
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Sidney: Just in case |
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- Dropped a Bridge on Him: Arguably, Randy.
- If It Bleeds, It Leads: The killer (at least, one of them) planned on invoking this in order to get himself media publicity and a sensational trial.
- Murder Simulators: A discussion in a film class early on has several characters debating whether or not violent slasher flicks turn people violent. Later, the killer plans on blaming his killing spree on said slasher movies (such as the newly-released Stab), invoking this trope in order to create a sensational trial and get the Moral Guardians on his side.
- Oh Crap: Sidney's expression when Ghostface turns off the voice changer and speaks with Mickey's voice.
- Sacrificial Lion: Randy.
- Sequel Escalation: Provides the page quote, too!
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Randy: "There are certain rules that one must abide by in order to create a successful sequel. Number one: the body count is always bigger. Number two: the death scenes are always much more elaborate — more blood, more gore. Carnage candy." |
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- Sequel Hook: The film was originally supposed to include a shot of the masked killer in the bell tower as the camera pulls back in the final shot, but this was never done.
- Sequelitis: Discussed in-universe in a scene in a film class, with Randy claiming that "sequels suck" and destroyed the horror genre. To prove his point, he and Cici ask their fellow classmates to name sequels that are better than the originals. Yes, this discussion is being had in a horror sequel.
- Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: Randy.
- Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Derek. We along with Sidney were lead to believe that he may have been the next killer. Everything he says and does, even the nice moments with Sidney, make us believe he's too good to be true. Which makes it a huge punch to the gut, when it turns out Mickey, his best friend was one of the killers. Not only manipulating Sidney in the last moments, making her think Derek was his partner like Billy and Stu, but also killing him. Then berating Sidney for not trusting him, because Derek really was a Nice Guy after all.
- You Bastard: The whole point of the intro.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Mickey is killed by Mrs. Loomis for this purpose.